OFFICIOUS


Meaning of OFFICIOUS in English

adjective Etymology: Latin officiosus, from officium service, office Date: 1565 1. archaic kind , obliging , dutiful , volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed ; meddlesome , informal , unofficial, see: impertinent ~ly adverb ~ness noun

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